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American History Chapter 2

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Elected 1st president of the United States
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
George Jefferson
d)
Benjamin Franklin
2.

This person crossed the Appalchains and helped settle the west (to the Kentucky/Tennessee area)

a)

Davy Crockett

b)

Daniel Boone

c)

Jim Bowie

d)

Jim Bridger

3.
Who purchased the Louisiana Territory from France?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Benjamin Franklin
4.
Who helped Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory?
a)
Pocohantas
b)
Squanto
c)
Sacagawea
d)
Tecumseh
5.
Who tried to unite the Indian groups to drive settlers from the West?
a)
Tecumseh
b)
Sacagawea
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Pocohantas
6.
Who stopped American ships at sea, which helped cause the War of 1812?
a)
The Black Pearl
b)
The British
c)
The French
d)
The Flying Dutchman
7.
Who announced a doctrine to prevent more European colonies in America?
a)
James Madison
b)
James Buchanan
c)
James Monroe
d)
Lebron James
8.
Who settled the Great Salt Lake Valley in what is now Utah?
a)
the British
b)
the Amish
c)
the Methodist
d)
the Mormons
9.
Who went to California hoping to find gold?
a)
Forty-niners
b)
Dodgers
c)
Raiders
d)
Chargers
10.
Who helped industry grow by developing the idea of mass production.
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Robert Fulton
d)
Thomas Edison
11.
Who was the 1st "common man" to be elected president of the United States?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Lyndon Johnson
d)
Michael Jackson
12.
Who was forced to move west in a journey called the Trail of Tears?
a)
Pioneers
b)
Frontiersmen
c)
Buffalo
d)
Cherokees
13.
Who tried to improve education in the U.S.?
a)
Laura Ingalls Wilder
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Horace Mann
d)
Harriet Tubman
14.
Who helped lead the fight for women's rights in the U.S.
a)
Hillary Clinton
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Clara Barton
d)
Jane Addams
15.
What was our nation's first constitution called?
a)
Articles of Confederation
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Preamble
d)
Mayflower Compact
16.
This was a belief that caused Americans to think all land from Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean should belong to the United States.
a)
Louisiana Purchase
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Oregon Trail
d)
Gluteus Maximus
17.
This ran from Maryland to Illinois providing a link between the East and the West.
a)
Erie Canal
b)
Transcontinetal Railroad
c)
National Road
d)
Oregon Trail
18.
This political party favored a strong national government.
a)
Whig
b)
Nationalist
c)
Federalist
d)
Democratic-Republican
19.
What do you call loyalty to the region in which a person lives?
a)
Nationalism
b)
Patriotism
c)
Regionalism
d)
Sectionalism
20.
An effort to change society in hopes of making it better is called
a)
reform
b)
progress
c)
suffrage
d)
abolitionism
21.
The Erie Canal connected Lake Erie with what other body of water?
a)
Hudson River
b)
St. Lawrence River
c)
Mississippi River
d)
Lake Michigan
22.

Which state was not acquired after the U.S. war with Mexico?

a)

California

b)

Arizona

c)

New Mexico

d)

Texas

23.
Which branch of governent makes the laws?
a)
Executive
b)
Legislative
c)
Judicial
d)
Military
24.
What city did the Lewis and Clark expedition begin from?
a)
Kansas City
b)
New York City
c)
St. Louis
d)
New Orleans
25.
What was added to the U.S. Constitution shortly after it was written to protect individual rights?
a)
Ten Commandments
b)
Preamble
c)
Writ of Habeous Corpus
d)
Bill of Rights
26.
What is a change to the U.S. Constitution called?
a)
Amendment
b)
Bill
c)
Law
d)
Declaration
27.

Reformers, such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought for women to have the right to vote. This was known as

a)

Suffrage

b)

Equal Rights Amendment

c)

Abolitionist

d)

Temperance Movement

28.

When the Constitutional Convention was held in Philadelphia in 1887, which state did not send any delegates because they did not want to lose any of the state's power?

a)

Georgia

b)

New Jersey

c)

Rhode Island

d)

Connecticut

29.

Completion of this in 1825 allowed goods to be shipped more cheaply and in larger loads than by wagon

a)

National Road

b)

Northwest Passage

c)

Erie Canal

d)

Panama Canal

30.

This invention made travel on rivers more practical.

a)

Sailboat

b)

Steamboat

c)

Locomotive

d)

Automobile

31.

Vice President John C. Calhoun believed in the idea that states should have the final authority over the national government. What was this belief called?

a)

State's Rights

b)

Nationalism

c)

Sectionalism

d)

Manifest Destiny

32.

This was an attempt by farmers to get recognition from the government because they were losing their farms.

a)

Civil Rights Movement

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

The Great Compromise

d)

Shay's Rebellion

33.

Up until the 1800s, how did most families get the items they needed for daily life?

a)

They made tools, clothing, materials, and food by hand.

b)

They bought them from factories.

c)

They bought them on the Internet.

d)

They bought them from stores.

34.
The _______________ is the name for the change from goods being made by hand at home to making them by machine in factories.
a)
French Revolution
b)
Machine Revolution
c)
Industrial Revolution
d)
Technological Revolution
35.
Which branch of government interprets laws?
a)
Judicial (courts)
b)
Executive (president)
c)
Legislative (Congress)
36.
Which compromise concerned the issue of how to count slaves for representation and taxation?
a)
The Great Compromise
b)
The Commerce Compromise
c)
The 3/5 Compromise
d)
The Connecticut Compromise
37.
Which compromise concerned how many representatives different sized states would have in Congress?
a)
The Great Compromise
b)
The 3/5 Compromise
c)
The Commerce Compromise
d)
The Intolerable Compromise
38.

Which branch of government carries out the laws?

a)

Judicial (courts)

b)

Executive (president)

c)

Legislative (Congress)

39.

Who memorized blue prints of a spinning machine and opened a textile factory turning yarn into thread for cloth weaving.

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

John Deere

c)

Frances Lowell

d)

Samuel Slater

40.

Which one of the following ended the war and forced Mexico to turn over much of its north territory to the United States?o

a)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

California Gold Rush

41.

How much did The US pay for the lands we received from Mexico after the war?

a)

$10 Million

b)

Free, they gave it to us

c)

$15 Million

d)

$5 Billion

42.
Who was the President and leader of the Mexican Army during the battle between Texas?
a)
Sam Houston
b)
William B. Travis
c)
James Fannin
d)
Santa Anna
43.

How many more girls chose track as the favourite sport than boys?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

2

d)

1

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